1950 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

• February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.

Top grossing films

North America

1. Cinderella (Disney) (#6 in year of release)
2. Samson and Delilah
3. Battleground
4. King Solomon's Mines
5. Cheaper by the Dozen
6. Annie Get Your Gun
7. Father of the Bride

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: All About Eve - 20th Century-Fox
• Best Actor: José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac
• Best Actress: Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday

Movies released

Movies released in 1950 include:

• Sunset Boulevard
• John Ford's Rio Grande starring John Wayne
• Harvey starring Jimmy Stewart
• Destination Moon
• Fancy Pants
• All About Eve, starring George Sanders
• Justice is Done
• The Asphalt Jungle
• Cyrano de Bergerac starring Jose Ferrer
• Born Yesterday

Births

• January 16 - Debbie Allen, actress, dancer, choreographer
• January 24 - Daniel Auteuil, actor
• February 18 - Cybill Shepherd,actress
• March 16 - Kate Nelligan, actress
• March 18 - Brad Dourif, actor
• March 30 - Robbie Coltrane, actor
• April 4 - Christine Lahti, actress
• April 20 - Veronica Cartwright, actress
• April 29 - Phillip Noyce, director
• May 12 - Gabriel Byrne, actor
• September 28 - John Sayles, director, screenwriter
• October 31 - John Candy, comedian and actor

Deaths

• January 3 - Emil Jannings, actor
• April 7 - Walter Huston, Academy Award winning actor